+/* Handling for hairy libraries. */
+
+# include <excpt.h>
+
+/* Gnulib can define its own status codes, as described in the page
+ "Raising Software Exceptions" on microsoft.com
+ <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/het71c37.aspx>.
+ Our status codes are composed of
+ - 0xE0000000, mandatory for all user-defined status codes,
+ - 0x474E550, a API identifier ("GNU"),
+ - 0, 1, 2, ..., used to distinguish different status codes from the
+ same API. */
+# define STATUS_GNULIB_INVALID_PARAMETER (0xE0000000 + 0x474E550 + 0)
+
+# if defined _MSC_VER
+/* A compiler that supports __try/__except, as described in the page
+ "try-except statement" on microsoft.com
+ <http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/s58ftw19.aspx>.
+ With __try/__except, we can use the multithread-safe exception handling. */
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+# endif
+
+/* Ensure that the invalid parameter handler in installed that raises a
+ software exception with code STATUS_GNULIB_INVALID_PARAMETER.
+ Because we assume no other part of the program installs a different
+ invalid parameter handler, this solution is multithread-safe. */
+extern void gl_msvc_inval_ensure_handler (void);
+
+# ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+# endif
+
+# define TRY_MSVC_INVAL \
+ do \
+ { \
+ gl_msvc_inval_ensure_handler (); \
+ __try
+# define CATCH_MSVC_INVAL \
+ __except (GetExceptionCode () == STATUS_GNULIB_INVALID_PARAMETER \
+ ? EXCEPTION_EXECUTE_HANDLER \
+ : EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_SEARCH)
+# define DONE_MSVC_INVAL \
+ } \
+ while (0)
+
+# else